Oscar: 'I would like to return to Chelsea to end my career'

26-Jan-2021 13:00:03 | The Guardian

Oscar reminisces about playing with Didier Drogba, working with José Mourinho and making eight slide tackles in one game

By Josué Seixas for Yellow and Green Football

Oscar left home very early in his life for football. And the further he went in his career, the further he got from home. Born in Americana, a small city in the state of São Paulo, he only had to travel 10 minutes to play for Santa Bárbara d’Oeste. He then moved to one of the state capital’s biggest teams, São Paulo FC, before signing for Internacional in Porto Alegre, Chelsea in London and now Shanghai SIPG, nearly 12,000 miles away from where he started.

Where next? “I don’t think about leaving China,” says the 29-year-old. “There is a great project for me here. But, to end my career, I would like to return to Chelsea. I built a beautiful story there and went to the Premier League very young, at a time when fans did not trust Brazilian players that much. I helped change that. I’ll be a bit older when I try this move again but, as I am playing very well, with good stats, I feel there is still a place for me at Chelsea.”